NURSING ANM AND GNM

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SOCIOLOGY

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Which sociologist is associated with the concept, “the sociological imagination?”
A
C. Wright Mills
B
Max Weber
C
Emile Durkheim
D
Charles Murray
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The father of sociological imagination, C Wright Mills, founded this field of thinking in the mid-20th century. At the time he wrote, “Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.” Just the same, it’s also important to put Mills’ theories into context.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wright Mills, who created the concept and wrote the definitive book about it, defined the sociological imagination as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.” The sociological imagination is the ability to see things socially and how they interact and influence each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -C. Wright Mills was an American sociologist in the 20th-century. He believed in social conflict theory, meaning he thought that society was structured by a ruling elite controlling lower classes through shared institutions.

Detailed explanation-4: -These founders of sociology were some of the earliest individuals to employ what C. Wright Mills (a prominent mid-20th century American sociologist) would later call the sociological imagination: the ability to situate personal troubles and life trajectories within an informed framework of larger social processes.

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